Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County

Pengshui County
彭水县
Autonomous County
彭水苗族土家族自治县

Location of Pengshui County in Chongqing
Country People's Republic of China
Municipality Chongqing
Area
 • Total 3,903 km2 (1,507 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 545,100
 • Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County (Chinese: 彭水苗族土家族自治县; pinyin: Péngshuǐ Miáozú Tǔjiāzúzìzhìxiàn) is located in southeastern Chongqing, China. It is 270 kilometres away from Downtown Chongqing.

Geography

It is at the lower reach of Wu Jiang (烏江) and in the mountainous region of Wuling (武陵山). 27.3% of Pengshui is covered by forest.

Neighbours:

Demographics

59.5% of Pengshui residents are members of the following 11 ethnic minorities: Miao, Tujia, Mongols, Hui, Gelao, Dong, Tibetans, Manchus, Zhuang, Yi, and Hani. There are 270,000 Miao and 90,000 Tujia in Pengshui.

History

In 593 (Sui Dynasty), Pengshui District (縣) was established. "Pengshui" means "Peng River", and was the old name for the Yu River (郁江). By 1645 during the Qing Dynasty, it was part of Chongqing Prefecture (重慶府). In 1913 (Republic of China), it was part of Dongchuan Circuit (東川道). In 1927, it was reassigned to Changgong Bureau (長公署) of Sichuan Province. And in 1935, of the Eighth Administrative Inspection Area (第八行政督察區) of Sichuan.

On November 16, 1949, Pengshui was captured by the communists. In January 1950, it was part of Fuling Special District of Chuandong administrative territory (川東行署涪陵專區). In September 1952, Fuling Special District was transferred to Sichuan, and was changed to a prefecture in June 1968.

The autonomous county status was approved by the State Council on November 14, 1983. The official status began November 10 of the following year. In 1987, it was assigned to Qianjiang Prefecture. In June 1997, it was directly governed by Chongqing Municipality.

Subdivisions

10 towns and 29 townships, which contain 602 villages, 41 neighborhood committees and 4902 village committees (see Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Levels).

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